Dr. Hyman directs the Alzheimer's disease research unit at the MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease, with the goal of understanding the neuropathophysiologic and genetic factors that underlie dementia. His laboratory studies the anatomical and molecular basis of dementia in Alzheimer's disease and dementia with Lewy bodies.

Dr. Hyman received his M.D. and Ph.D. from the University of Iowa and he has received the Metropolitan Life Award, the Potamkin Prize, a National Institute on Aging MERIT award, and an Alzheimer Association Pioneer Award. He has been the Director of the Massachusetts Alzheimer's Disease Research Center since 2006.